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Matigas ang Ulo ng mga Israelita

48 “Makinig kayo, mga lahi ni Jacob, kayong tinatawag na Israel, at nagmula sa lahi ni Juda. Sumusumpa kayo sa pangalan ng Panginoon at tumatawag sa Dios ng Israel. Pero pakunwari lang pala, dahil hindi naman matuwid ang inyong pamumuhay. Sinasabi pa ninyong kayoʼy mga mamamayan ng banal na lungsod, at nagtitiwala kayo sa Dios ng Israel, na ang pangalan ay Panginoong Makapangyarihan.” Sinabi niya sa inyo, “Sinabi ko na noon pa kung ano ang mga mangyayari sa hinaharap. At itoʼy aking isinakatuparan. Alam ko kung gaano katigas ang inyong ulo. Ang inyong leeg ay kasintigas ng bakal at ang inyong noo ay kasintigas ng tanso. Kaya sinabi ko na agad sa inyo ang aking gagawin. Noong hindi pa ito nangyayari, sinabi ko na ito sa inyo para hindi ninyo masabing ang inyong mga rebultong dios-diosan na gawa sa kahoy at bakal ang siyang humula at nagsagawa nito. Narinig ninyo ang aking mga propesiya at nakita ninyo ang katuparan ng mga ito, pero ayaw ninyong tanggapin na ako ang gumawa nito. Mula ngayon, sasabihin ko sa inyo ang mga bagong bagay na hindi ko pa ipinahayag sa inyo. Hindi pa ninyo ito alam. Ngayon ko pa lamang ito gagawin para hindi ninyo masabing itoʼy alam na ninyo. Hindi ninyo napakinggan o naunawaan ang mga bagay na ito dahil mula pa noon nagbibingi-bingihan na kayo. Alam ko ang inyong kataksilan dahil mula pa noong kayoʼy isinilang mga rebelde na kayo. Alang-alang sa karangalan ko, pinigilan ko ang aking galit sa inyo para hindi kayo malipol. 10 Lilinisin ko kayo pero hindi katulad ng paglilinis sa pilak, dahil lilinisin ko kayo sa pamamagitan ng paghihirap. 11 Gagawin ko ito para sa aking karangalan. Hindi ako papayag na ako ay mapahiya at ang mga dios-diosan ay maparangalan.

12 “Makinig kayo sa akin, kayong mga taga-Israel na aking pinili. Ako ang Dios; ako ang pasimula at ang wakas ng lahat. 13 Ako ang naglagay ng pundasyon ng mundo at ako rin ang nagladlad ng langit. Kapag nag-utos ako sa mga ito, itoʼy sumusunod.

14 “Magtipon kayong lahat at makinig: Sino sa mga dios-diosan ang humulang lulusubin ng aking kaibigan[a] ang Babilonia para sundin ang ipinapagawa ko laban sa bansang iyon? Wala! 15 Ako ang nagsabi sa kanya at ako rin ang tumawag sa kanya. Sinugo ko siya at pinagtagumpay sa kanyang ginawa. 16 Lumapit kayo sa akin at pakinggan ito: Mula pa ng pasimula hindi ako nagsalita nang lihim. Sa panahon na nangyari ang sinabi ko, naroon ako.”

At ngayon sinugo ako ng Panginoong Dios at ng kanyang Espiritu na sabihin ito: 17 “Sinasabi ng Panginoon na inyong Tagapagligtas, ang Banal na Dios ng Israel: Ako ang Panginoon na inyong Dios na nagturo sa inyo kung ano ang mabuti para sa inyo at ako ang pumatnubay sa inyo sa tamang daan. 18 Kung kayo lamang ay sumunod sa aking mga utos, dumaloy sana na parang ilog ang mga pagpapala sa inyo, at ang inyong tagumpay[b] ay sunud-sunod sana na parang alon na dumarating sa dalampasigan. 19 Ang inyo sanang mga lahi ay naging kasindami ng buhangin na hindi mabilang, at tinitiyak kong hindi sila mapapahamak.”

20 Umalis kayo sa Babilonia! Buong galak ninyong ihayag sa buong mundo[c] na iniligtas ng Panginoon ang kanyang lingkod, ang mga mamamayan ng Israel.[d] 21 Hindi sila nauhaw nang patnubayan sila ng Dios sa ilang, dahil pinaagos niya ang tubig mula sa bato para sa kanila. Biniyak niya ang bato at umagos ang tubig. 22 Pero ang masasama ay hindi magkakaroon ng kapayapaan, sabi ng Panginoon.

Footnotes

  1. 48:14 kaibigan: Maaaring si Haring Cyrus.
  2. 48:18 tagumpay: o, katuwiran.
  3. 48:20 buong mundo: sa literal, sa pinakadulo ng mundo.
  4. 48:20 ang mga mamamayan ng Israel: sa Hebreo, na si Jacob.

Stubborn Israel

48 “Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob,
    you who are called by the name of Israel(A)
    and come from the line of Judah,(B)
you who take oaths(C) in the name of the Lord(D)
    and invoke(E) the God of Israel—
    but not in truth(F) or righteousness—
you who call yourselves citizens of the holy city(G)
    and claim to rely(H) on the God of Israel—
    the Lord Almighty is his name:(I)
I foretold the former things(J) long ago,
    my mouth announced(K) them and I made them known;
    then suddenly(L) I acted, and they came to pass.
For I knew how stubborn(M) you were;
    your neck muscles(N) were iron,
    your forehead(O) was bronze.
Therefore I told you these things long ago;
    before they happened I announced(P) them to you
so that you could not say,
    ‘My images brought them about;(Q)
    my wooden image and metal god ordained them.’
You have heard these things; look at them all.
    Will you not admit them?

“From now on I will tell you of new things,(R)
    of hidden things unknown to you.
They are created(S) now, and not long ago;(T)
    you have not heard of them before today.
So you cannot say,
    ‘Yes, I knew(U) of them.’
You have neither heard nor understood;(V)
    from of old your ears(W) have not been open.
Well do I know how treacherous(X) you are;
    you were called a rebel(Y) from birth.
For my own name’s sake(Z) I delay my wrath;(AA)
    for the sake of my praise I hold it back from you,
    so as not to destroy you completely.(AB)
10 See, I have refined(AC) you, though not as silver;
    I have tested(AD) you in the furnace(AE) of affliction.
11 For my own sake,(AF) for my own sake, I do this.
    How can I let myself be defamed?(AG)
    I will not yield my glory to another.(AH)

Israel Freed

12 “Listen(AI) to me, Jacob,
    Israel, whom I have called:(AJ)
I am he;(AK)
    I am the first and I am the last.(AL)
13 My own hand laid the foundations of the earth,(AM)
    and my right hand spread out the heavens;(AN)
when I summon them,
    they all stand up together.(AO)

14 “Come together,(AP) all of you, and listen:
    Which of the idols has foretold(AQ) these things?
The Lord’s chosen ally(AR)
    will carry out his purpose(AS) against Babylon;(AT)
    his arm will be against the Babylonians.[a]
15 I, even I, have spoken;
    yes, I have called(AU) him.
I will bring him,
    and he will succeed(AV) in his mission.

16 “Come near(AW) me and listen(AX) to this:

“From the first announcement I have not spoken in secret;(AY)
    at the time it happens, I am there.”

And now the Sovereign Lord(AZ) has sent(BA) me,
    endowed with his Spirit.(BB)

17 This is what the Lord says—
    your Redeemer,(BC) the Holy One(BD) of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
    who teaches(BE) you what is best for you,
    who directs(BF) you in the way(BG) you should go.
18 If only you had paid attention(BH) to my commands,
    your peace(BI) would have been like a river,(BJ)
    your well-being(BK) like the waves of the sea.
19 Your descendants(BL) would have been like the sand,(BM)
    your children like its numberless grains;(BN)
their name would never be blotted out(BO)
    nor destroyed from before me.”

20 Leave Babylon,
    flee(BP) from the Babylonians!
Announce this with shouts of joy(BQ)
    and proclaim it.
Send it out to the ends of the earth;(BR)
    say, “The Lord has redeemed(BS) his servant Jacob.”
21 They did not thirst(BT) when he led them through the deserts;
    he made water flow(BU) for them from the rock;
he split the rock
    and water gushed out.(BV)

22 “There is no peace,”(BW) says the Lord, “for the wicked.”(BX)

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:14 Or Chaldeans; also in verse 20

Israel Refined for God’s Glory

48 “Hear this, O house of Jacob,
Who are called by the name of Israel,
And have come forth from the wellsprings of Judah;
Who swear by the name of the Lord,
And make mention of the God of Israel,
But (A)not in truth or in righteousness;
For they call themselves (B)after the holy city,
And (C)lean on the God of Israel;
The Lord of hosts is His name:

“I have (D)declared the former things from the beginning;
They went forth from My mouth, and I caused them to hear it.
Suddenly I did them, (E)and they came to pass.
Because I knew that you were [a]obstinate,
And (F)your neck was an iron sinew,
And your brow bronze,
Even from the beginning I have declared it to you;
Before it came to pass I proclaimed it to you,
Lest you should say, ‘My idol has done them,
And my carved image and my molded image
Have commanded them.’

“You have heard;
See all this.
And will you not declare it?
I have made you hear new things from this time,
Even hidden things, and you did not know them.
They are created now and not from the beginning;
And before this day you have not heard them,
Lest you should say, ‘Of course I knew them.’
Surely you did not hear,
Surely you did not know;
Surely from long ago your ear was not opened.
For I knew that you would deal very treacherously,
And were called (G)a transgressor from the womb.

“For(H) My name’s sake (I)I will [b]defer My anger,
And for My praise I will restrain it from you,
So that I do not cut you off.
10 Behold, (J)I have refined you, but not as silver;
I have tested you in the (K)furnace of affliction.
11 For My own sake, for My own sake, I will do it;
For (L)how should My name be profaned?
And (M)I will not give My glory to another.

God’s Ancient Plan to Redeem Israel

12 “Listen to Me, O Jacob,
And Israel, My called:
I am He, (N)I am the (O)First,
I am also the Last.
13 Indeed (P)My hand has laid the foundation of the earth,
And My right hand has stretched out the heavens;
When (Q)I call to them,
They stand up together.

14 “All of you, assemble yourselves, and hear!
Who among them has declared these things?
(R)The Lord loves him;
(S)He shall do His pleasure on Babylon,
And His arm shall be against the Chaldeans.
15 I, even I, have spoken;
Yes, (T)I have called him,
I have brought him, and his way will prosper.

16 “Come near to Me, hear this:
(U)I have not spoken in secret from the beginning;
From the time that it was, I was there.
And now (V)the Lord God and His Spirit
[c]Have sent Me.”

17 Thus says (W)the Lord, your Redeemer,
The Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
Who teaches you to profit,
(X)Who leads you by the way you should go.
18 (Y)Oh, that you had heeded My commandments!
(Z)Then your peace would have been like a river,
And your righteousness like the waves of the sea.
19 (AA)Your descendants also would have been like the sand,
And the offspring of your body like the grains of sand;
His name would not have been cut off
Nor destroyed from before Me.”

20 (AB)Go forth from Babylon!
Flee from the Chaldeans!
With a voice of singing,
Declare, proclaim this,
Utter it to the end of the earth;
Say, “The Lord has (AC)redeemed
His servant Jacob!”
21 And they (AD)did not thirst
When He led them through the deserts;
He (AE)caused the waters to flow from the rock for them;
He also split the rock, and the waters gushed out.

22 There(AF) is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:4 Heb. hard
  2. Isaiah 48:9 delay
  3. Isaiah 48:16 Heb. verb is sing.; or Has sent Me and His Spirit

Israel Refined for God's Glory

48 Hear this, O house of Jacob,
    (A)who are called by the name of Israel,
    and (B)who came from the waters of Judah,
(C)who swear by the name of the Lord
    and confess the God of Israel,
    but not in truth or right.
For they call themselves after the holy city,
    (D)and stay themselves on the God of Israel;
    the Lord of hosts is his name.

“The former things (E)I declared of old;
    they went out from my mouth, and I announced them;
    then suddenly I did them, and they came to pass.
Because I know that (F)you are obstinate,
    and your neck is an iron sinew
    and your forehead brass,
(G)I declared them to you from of old,
    before they came to pass I announced them to you,
lest you should say, (H)‘My idol did them,
    my carved image and my metal image commanded them.’

“You have heard; now see all this;
    and will you not declare it?
From this time forth (I)I announce to you new things,
    hidden things that you have not known.
They are created now, not long ago;
    before today you have never heard of them,
    lest you should say, ‘Behold, I knew them.’
You have never heard, you have never known,
    from of old your ear has not been opened.
For I knew that you would surely deal treacherously,
    and that (J)from before birth you were called a rebel.

(K)“For my name's sake I defer my anger;
    for the sake of my praise I restrain it for you,
    that I may not cut you off.
10 Behold, I have refined you, (L)but not as silver;
    (M)I have tried[a] you in the furnace of affliction.
11 (N)For my own sake, for my own sake, I do it,
    for how should my name[b] be profaned?
    (O)My glory I will not give to another.

The Lord's Call to Israel

12 “Listen to me, O Jacob,
    and Israel, whom I called!
I am he; (P)I am the first,
    and I am the last.
13 My hand (Q)laid the foundation of the earth,
    and my right hand (R)spread out the heavens;
(S)when I call to them,
    they stand forth together.

14 “Assemble, all of you, and listen!
    (T)Who among them has declared these things?
The Lord loves him;
    (U)he shall perform his purpose on Babylon,
    and his arm shall be against (V)the Chaldeans.
15 (W)I, even I, have spoken and called him;
    I have brought him, and he will prosper in his way.
16 (X)Draw near to me, hear this:
    from the beginning I have not spoken in secret,
    from the time it came to be I have been there.”
And now (Y)the Lord God has sent me, and his Spirit.

17 Thus says the Lord,
    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:
“I am the Lord your God,
    who teaches you to profit,
    who leads you in the way you should go.
18 (Z)Oh that you had paid attention to my commandments!
    (AA)Then your peace would have been like a river,
    and your righteousness like the waves of the sea;
19 (AB)your offspring would have been like the sand,
    and your descendants like its grains;
their name would never be cut off
    or destroyed from before me.”

20 (AC)Go out from Babylon, flee from (AD)Chaldea,
    declare this (AE)with a shout of joy, proclaim it,
send it out to the end of the earth;
    say, (AF)“The Lord has redeemed his servant Jacob!”
21 (AG)They did not thirst when he led them through the deserts;
    (AH)he made water flow for them from the rock;
    he split the rock and the water gushed out.

22 (AI)“There is no peace,” says the Lord, “for the wicked.”

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 48:10 Or I have chosen
  2. Isaiah 48:11 Hebrew lacks my name